Have you tried the `to_nice_json` filter?
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#formatting-data-yaml-and-json
On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 8:12 AM Johnnie Green <johnnie.gr...@mail.com>
wrote:
> Not sure if markdown will work as I hope in the post (will post images if
> not) but thought a brief illustration may prove helpful on the default
> formatting achieved via a task using the 'debug' module (*and how
> difficult it is to relate to*) in comparison to if the desired limited
> formatting were easily possible:
>
> *Default **(no effort made in the Playbook to control formatting but I
> have attempted to break lines in the post to simulate how it would be
> presented on a typical terminal):*
> ><pre>TASK [Display Warning When Any Service Is Found Not Running Where
> Expected After the Relocate Operation]************************
> ok: [core1] => {
> "msg": "(UNEXPECTED-STATUS)\nThe following represents the status of
> micro services following the 'relocate'
> operation:\n{'microservice-a': {'previous_host': 'node04',
> 'previous_ip': '192.0.2.4', 'target_host': 'node05',
> 'target_ip': '192.0.2.5', 'actual_ip': '192.0.2.5'}, 'microservice-b':
> {'previous_host': 'node04', 'previous_ip':
> '192.0.2.4', 'target_host': 'node05', 'target_ip': '192.0.2.5',
> 'actual_ip': '192.0.2.4'}, 'microservice-c':
> {'previous_host': 'node04', 'previous_ip': '192.0.2.4', 'target_host':
> 'node05', 'target_ip': '192.0.2.5',
> 'actual_ip': '192.0.2.5'}, 'microservice-d': {'previous_host':
> 'node04', 'previous_ip': '192.0.2.4', 'target_host':
> 'node05', 'target_ip': '192.0.2.5', 'actual_ip': '192.0.2.4'}}\nThe
> following micro services are not running where
> expected:\n{'microservice-b': {'previous_host': 'node04',
> 'previous_ip': '192.0.2.4', 'target_host': 'node05',
> 'target_ip': '192.0.2.5', 'actual_ip': '192.0.2.4'}, 'microservice-d':
> {'previous_host': 'node04', 'previous_ip':
> '192.0.2.4', 'target_host': 'node05', 'target_ip': '192.0.2.5',
> 'actual_ip': '192.0.2.4'}}\nPlease take manual
> action to stop the following services at their current location and
> start them at their intended location."
> }</pre>
>
> *Limited formatting **(I have left the line break symbols in for
> easier visualization where the line breaks occurred against the above)**:*
> > <pre>TASK [Display Warning When Any Service Is Found Not Running Where
> Expected After the Relocate Operation] ************************
> ok: [core1] => {
> "msg": "
> (UNEXPECTED-STATUS)\n
> The following represents the status of micro services following the
> 'relocate' operation:\n
> {
> 'microservice-a': {
> 'previous_host': 'node04',
> 'previous_ip': '192.0.2.4',
> 'target_host': 'node05',
> 'target_ip': '192.0.2.5',
> 'actual_ip': '192.0.2.5'
> },
> 'microservice-b': {
> 'previous_host': 'node04',
> 'previous_ip': '192.0.2.4',
> 'target_host': 'node05',
> 'target_ip': '192.0.2.5',
> 'actual_ip': '192.0.2.4'
> },
> 'microservice-c': {
> 'previous_host': 'node04',
> 'previous_ip': '192.0.2.4',
> 'target_host': 'node05',
> 'target_ip': '192.0.2.5',
> 'actual_ip': '192.0.2.5'
> },
> 'microservice-d': {
> 'previous_host': 'node04',
> 'previous_ip': '192.0.2.4',
> 'target_host': 'node05',
> 'target_ip': '192.0.2.5',
> 'actual_ip': '192.0.2.4'
> }
> }\n
> The following micro services are not running where expected:\n
> {
> 'microservice-b': {
> 'previous_host': 'node04',
> 'previous_ip': '192.0.2.4',
> 'target_host': 'node05',
> 'target_ip': '192.0.2.5',
> 'actual_ip': '192.0.2.4'
> },
> 'microservice-d': {
> 'previous_host': 'node04',
> 'previous_ip': '192.0.2.4',
> 'target_host': 'node05',
> 'target_ip': '192.0.2.5',
> 'actual_ip': '192.0.2.4'
> }
> }\n
> Please take manual action to stop the following services at their
> current location and start them at their intended location."
> }</pre>
>
> Surely allowing the developer a little more control over the formatting of
> certain messages is possible/worthwhile?
>
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